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Service Day in Wayland

May 8

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Today the IMS students, faculty and staff went to Wayland to help with clean up from the tornado that hit the community last Thursday night.  We have some students from the Wayland area and our teacher and friend, Pam Gerig Unruh, lives just outside of Wayland. The Unruh farm was hit by the tornado. The seniors went to the Unruh farm with some teachers and staff while the rest of the kids and staff went to clean up debris in the fields around Wayland.

At the Unruh farm, they cleaned up insulation, wood and metal that was blown all over and brush from the trees being trimmed. There was also a good crew working on taking the nails out of a large pile of lumber. You should ask Levi Schrock how many nails he can remove in a minute!

We were served lunch at Wayland Mennonite where we were greeted by the friendly volunteers there. The lunch was a perfect refresher to finish the afternoon’s work. We are thankful our Wayland area friends and family were kept safe during this storm and that we could offer a little of our time to help.  There is still a lot to do so we encourage our friends and neighbors around IMS to take some time to help out. There are more pictures on our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/IowaMennoniteSchool


 

 

 

Amanda Bartel’s senior recital will be Sunday

May 5

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Amanda Bartel

Senior Amanda Bartel, daughter of Lonnie and Julie Bartel of Iowa City, will present her Senior Recital on Sunday, May 6, 2:00 p.m. in Celebration Hall on the IMS campus.  Amanda will play piano and violin and will also share her vocal talents. She studies piano with Susan See, who will assist her.  All are invited to attend, and to enjoy refreshments in the lobby, served by the IMS Culinary Arts class.

Foods 1 classes share favorite recipes

Apr 26

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Hannah Gingerich and Laura Hochstetler

Celia Hostetler, Allison Benson and Jacob Valov

Kirby Shetler and Michael Hershberger

Enjoying the deliciousness!

After nearly an entire semester of making pre-selected, healthy foods during labs, the Foods 1 classes were allowed a bit more freedom with their lab recipes this week. Each student was required to bring in a favorite recipe and share it with the class and the class then voted on their top three choices for lab this week. Second hour chose to make homemade crunchwrap supremes, white chicken chili, and pizza macaroni cassserole. The fourth hour class made Texas sheet cake, monkey bread, and ravioli casserole. It was hard to pick their favorite recipe since they liked everything! Check in with a Foods student to get a copy of these tasty recipes!

Special Emphasis week encouraged volunteering

Mar 27

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Chapel small groups accomplished a wide variety of tasks this morning. Some stayed at IMS to work while others traveled to Iowa City, Wellman, Kalona, and Washington. Hopefully the morning emphasized that everything isn’t always “about us” but that there is a world beyond that can use a helping hand!

Parkview Home, Wellman

Tasks: Picked up sticks . . . raked and hauled away leaves . . . cleaned flower beds . . . swept basement . . . washed windows - inside and out.

 

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Iowa Mennonite School

Tasks: Cut brush out of the IMS/Atlee & Carolyn Yoder fence line . . . raked and picked up sticks and cleaned up flowerbeds . . . cleaned bookshelves in library . . . deep cleaned the hot lunch kitchen . . . repainted yellow lines in the Celebration Hall parking lot . . . did computer work for Crooked Creek Christian Camp

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Pleasantview Home, Kalona

Tasks: Washed windows . . . inside and out

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Crooked Creek Christian Camp, Washington

Task: Raked, picked up sticks, washed chairs

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Mennonite Archives in Kalona

Tasks: dust . . . dust . . . dust

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Crowded Closet, Iowa City

Tasks: cleaned up parking lot, sorted, displayed Easter items

Hunger Awareness Breakfast

Mar 26

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Sam Swartzendruber getting his bowl of rice. He commented, "It's hard to look over at the other tables and see what they are eating. I feel excluded."

 

This table was served vegetable juice and rice and beans. Jacob Bruns felt "very jealous of the North American table."

To begin our week of Special Emphasis, students participated in a hunger awareness breakfast. The theme for the week is Food for Thought: Becoming Aware of the World around Us, and the goal is to encourage students to think about the needs around them, whether they be local or global. Students were randomly divided into groups representing the populations of each continent and were served food based on the standard income and diet on that continent. While the North American group ate generous portions of meat, fruit and pastries, over 60% of the students were served a simple bowl of rice, representing the continent of Asia. Students were challenged to consider ways that they can change their own attitude to one of gratefulness and to consider the ways they can show Christ’s love to those around them, whatever the need they are responding to maybe.

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After eating a breakfast of oatmeal (without brown sugar) and water Keilah Brokaw commented that it "helps me understand about how underprivileged some are and that you cannot be choosey about what you eat."

The "European" table ate a breakfast of hot tea, bread with a; slice of turkey, and a banana. Dallas Nye commented, "I feel thankful for the nutritious breakfast I was served."

 

The North American table was served a meal of strawberries, egg casserole, cinnamon rolls, and orange juice. Laura Yoder felt "like she was living 'high on the hog' but that it felt like everyone was glaring at them."

Prospective Parent/Student Night

Mar 23

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All families considering IMS for their child’s high school education for the first time next year are invited to Prospective Parent/Student Night on Monday, March 26th at 7:00 p.m. in Celebration Hall.  We will show our new video, introduce you to faculty and staff, let you hear from a panel of current and past IMS students and parents and give you more information on financial assistance, classes and extra-curricular activities.  All of this and refreshments too!  Please join us for a fun and informative evening.